Weather Records on 28 May 1927

301 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1927. Highest significance: Butte Bert Mooney AP, US.

Key Facts for 28 May 1927

On 28 May 1927, 301 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 294 daily.
Butte Bert Mooney AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 28 May 1927.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

301 stations

301 station records on 28 May 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Speers Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

301 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 May 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 May 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 930.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1927

Top 20 records on 28 May 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1927	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1927	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	93.0 cm (36.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Rugby, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1927	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Decorah, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Speers Ferry, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Williamsburg 2, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Orono, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Grand River Lock, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1927	Brownwood 2NE, US	monthly high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1927. 1927 had 301 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	231
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1